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TV ratings for ongoing IPL down as per audience data

TV ratings for TATA Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL) have been seeing a significant fall in its current season. Along with weakening viewership, the advertiser count on linear TV is on a declining trend this year.

As per the latest BARC India aud...

SPN names Sania Mirza as tennis brand ambassador

Sania Mirza has been named tennis Ambassador for Sony Sports Network by the sports broadcaster Sony Sports Network. Mirza will appear on the network as an expert panellist. The Australian Open, Roland-Garros, and US Open, as well as the Davis Cup, are all broadcast on Sony Sports Network. ...

COLORS announces ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’ S13

The 13th season of the stunt-based reality show 'Khatron Ke Khiladi' will air on COLORS. This season will be filled with adrenaline-pumping adventures and unexpected twists, unleashing an unprecedented level of danger. 'Khatron Ke Khiladi' has emerged as one of the top-rated non-fiction shows in the Hindi GEC space over the years, with rec...

India b’band subscriber base 846.57 mn as on March’23: TRAI

India’s total broadband subscriber base increased to 846.57 million at the end of March 2023, showing a monthly growth rate of 0.86 percent, latest set of data released by broadcast and telecom regulator TRAI said yesterday. In February 2023, the subscribers base was 839.33 million with the top five serv...

Advertisers elated as IPL on JioCinema delivers bumper ROI

JioCinema, the official digital streaming partner of TATA IPL 2023, has been breaking IPL viewership records, which, in turn, has been luring advertisers to the platform who are happy at better return on investments (ROI) than before. In the first five weeks o...

Times Group splits: Samir Jain gets print, Vineet takes broadcast

According to media reports, India's largest media conglomerate, The Times Group, has finally reached an agreement to divide the group's businesses between two brothers, Sameer Jain and Vineet Jain. According to Business Standard, Sameer, the group's elder brother, is set to acquire the group's p...

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“This initiative will empower subscribers to pay online and subscribe to the channels they want to watch and get it activated on their TV sets in real-time without any delay. Without needing to undertake any software development, LMOs can approach Mobiezy for their pre-built and pre-integrated solution that uses NXTDigital’s news APIs and can be up and running with their own mobile apps within just a few days.”

RU Ediriwira, Group CTO, NXTDigital Limited

“With the launch of Partnership for Growth 3.0 we intend to expand our network with 40 new NXTHUBs, each offering up to 650 live TV channels and broadband. Our efforts are focused on harnessing the convergence of technologies, developing robust apps and creating new business models that will help the overall ecosystem, delivering the best experience to our subscribers. We hope to achieve a stronger foothold in the rural regions of the country and grow our subscriber base.”

N.K. Rouse, COO, NXT Digital Ltd

“One of the key principles of the Hinduja Group is ‘Partnership for Growth’. After 2.0 saw the launch of HITS to connect LMOs in even the most remote locations through the only satellite-based cable TV platform in India; 3.0 focuses not just on strengthening the overall ecosystem we have built, but harnessing the convergence of technologies – to be delivered through a national network of NXTHUBs. Video and broadband are only the beginning of the digital highway of services that we have developed for roll-out backed by a robust suite of innovative apps developed by service providers exclusively for our LMOs and subscribers.”

Vynsley Fernandes, MD & CEO, NXTDigital Limited

“Wireline broadband is becoming ever more important not only in connecting homes across the country but also small to large enterprises-to the digital economy. The NXTHUBs will be the perfect point-of-presence to offer broadband services to cater to these consumer needs.”

Yugal Kishore Sharma CEO, ONEOTT Intertainment Limited

Amazing and grim battle for survival. Guess it will end up in Supreme Court. All that NCLT asked Zee to do was to file a reply to Invesco petition for a EGM. Now this is getting too serious. So far Invesco has been hammered for demanding an EGM. What is Zee upto? Ofcourse my lawyer community knows better!